Secret places, hidden sanctuaries : uncovering mysterious sites, symbols, and societies
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Secret places, hidden sanctuaries : uncovering mysterious sites, symbols, and societies
- Publication date
- 2009
- Topics
- Parapsychology, Occultism, Antiquities, Sacred space, Curiosities and wonders, Antiquities, Curiosities and wonders, Occultism, Parapsychology, Sacred space
- Publisher
- New York : Sterling Ethos
- Collection
- inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks
- Contributor
- Internet Archive
- Language
- English
Includes index
MYSTERIOUS HERITAGE: investigating (and, when necessary, debunking) the "usual suspects". Rosslyn Chapel, Midlothian, Scotland -- Rennes-le Château, France: Wholly Bunk, Hoary Tale -- Villa Tevere: the headquarters of Opus Dei, Rome -- The Hotel de Bilderberg and the Bilderberg Group, The Netherlands -- Vauxhall Cross: London's Secret Intelligence Service (M16) Headquarters -- Rosicrucian Park, San José, and Club 33, Anaheim, California -- SHRINES AND SANCTUARIES, ANCIENT AND MODERN: places of primordial spiritual impulses and folklore: a psychedelic West Coast enclave. Ise Shrine, Japan -- Yasukuni Shrine, Tokyo -- Jokhang Temple, Lhasa, Tibet -- The Shrine of the Oracle at Delphi, Greece -- The Esalen Institute, Big Sur, California -- THE TEMPLE, THE ARK, AND THE GRAIL: undeniable surprises on the sober trail of Knights Templars, Freemasons, Holy Grail hunters, and Gnostics. The Bååtska Palace, Stockholm -- The Chapel of the Ark, Aksum, Ethiopia -- The Chapel of the Holy Grail, Valencia Cathedral, Spain -- Significant Masonic temples from Rome and Paris to Washington and Pushkin (Russia) -- Gnosticism today -- GOTHIC NIGHTMARE: Himmler's "Black Camelot" and Nazi spiritual center, with side trips to other Germanic esoteric sites -- Wewelsburg Castle, Westphalia, Germany -- The Goetheanum, Dornach, Switzerland -- Bollingen Tower, Lake Zurich, Switzerland -- CITADELS OF CHIVALRY: Remaining outposts of ancient noble and charitable brotherhoods at the service of humanity. The Knights of Malta, Rome -- The Tuscan Order of St. Stephen Pope and Martyr, Pisa -- The Teutonic Order -- GROTTOES AND GROTESQUES: Strange and historic passageways, caverns, and hiding places. The Passetto di Borgo, Rome -- The Magic Door, Rome -- The Grotto of the Beati Paoli, Palermo, Sicily -- Priest holes in England -- MODERN-DAY BOLT-HOLES: Secret government installations, well-oiled for use in time of war or crisis. Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center, Bluemont, Virginia -- The Federal Relocation Arc -- Area 51: the facility that does not exist, Nevada -- RAF Menwith Hill, Yorkshire, England -- ISLANDS OF MYSTERY: Five special island sanctuaries with their unique treasure hoards, inaccessibility, or spiritual significance. Montecristo: The Forbidden Island off the Italian coast -- Easter Island: mysterious graven images -- Isle of Lewis, Scottish Hebrides -- Iona: St. Columba's Scottish Island Sanctuary -- Svalbard: Norway's Arctic Eden -- HOLY OF HOLIES: Places on the trail of a higher reality, ultimate human destiny, and according to some, Apocalypse. Sancta Sanctorum, Rome's Lateran Palace -- The Pauline Chapel, the Vatican's apostolic palace -- The "Prophecies" of St. Malachy -- The monastery of St. Catherine of Sinai, Egypt -- The autonomous monastic republic of Holy Mount Athos, Greece -- The Abbey of Saine-Madeleine du Barroux, France -- The Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey -- Her Majesty's Chapels Royal of the Mohawks, Ontario, Canada -- Counterfactual History: the eternal "what if ...?" -- HIDDEN TOTEMS: Treasured objects or talismans of great antiquity -- The stone of destiny -- The Holy Crown of St. Stephen of Hungary -- The British and Polish crown jewels in Canada -- The Holy Ampoule of the Kings of France -- Joyeuse, the Sword of Charlemagne -- The Holy Lance of St. Longinus: The "Spear of Destiny" -- Oliver Cromwell's head -- (VERY) PRIVATE BANKING: A discreet tour through the great temples of high finance and private wealth management. Rothschild's, London -- Banks that are no more -- The great survivors: Goldman Sachs and the House of Lazard -- The wealth managers, including Coutts & Co., the Queen's bankers -- The Swiss banks: models of discretion -- The German private banks: Oppenheim, Warbug, and others -- A well-connected American house: Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. -- C. Hoar & Co. -- The enduring allure of gold -- UNIVERSITY SECRET SOCIETIES AND DUELING CORPS. Inside the closely guarded doors of fraternities and societies for the future elite. The Apostles of Cambridge and the Bullingdon Club of Oxford -- Princeton's eating clubs -- Harvard's final clubs -- Yale's senior societies: Skull and Bones and its rivals -- The German University "Corps" -- The Mensure -- JOLLY GOOD FELLOWSHIP: The lore, elegance, humor, and eccentricities of the great private clubs of London and the world. London's private clubs: White's: the oldest club; Boodle's, Brooks's, and others of distinction -- Clubs outside London and Europe -- America's private clubs -- Sanctuaries: the enduring tradition
So begins this thrilling guide to the most secretive sites around the globe, from ancient shrines to off-limits military installations, that few travelers have or will ever visit-including many that most of us don't even know about
Gain unprecedented access to such secret places and hidden sanctuaries as
The former chapter-house of Valencia Cathedral in Spain, where it's claimed the Holy Grail is held
Montecristo, the most closely guarded island on earth, where a fabulous treasure waits to be unearthed
Wewelsburg Castle in Westphalia, Germany, the "Satanic Vatican" esoteric headquarters of Heinrich Himmler's murderous SS
Disneyland's Club 33, the officially nonexistent private retreat designed personally by Walt Disney before his death, with a membership waiting list said to be fourteen years long
The cavern of the Beati Paoli, a black-robed and hooded secret society of assassins in Palermo, Sicily
The "Arctic Eden," where the seeds of all the world's varieties of plants are stored as a precaution against ecological disaster
America's legendary university secret societies, whose influence shaped many of the present leaders of the country's society
MYSTERIOUS HERITAGE: investigating (and, when necessary, debunking) the "usual suspects". Rosslyn Chapel, Midlothian, Scotland -- Rennes-le Château, France: Wholly Bunk, Hoary Tale -- Villa Tevere: the headquarters of Opus Dei, Rome -- The Hotel de Bilderberg and the Bilderberg Group, The Netherlands -- Vauxhall Cross: London's Secret Intelligence Service (M16) Headquarters -- Rosicrucian Park, San José, and Club 33, Anaheim, California -- SHRINES AND SANCTUARIES, ANCIENT AND MODERN: places of primordial spiritual impulses and folklore: a psychedelic West Coast enclave. Ise Shrine, Japan -- Yasukuni Shrine, Tokyo -- Jokhang Temple, Lhasa, Tibet -- The Shrine of the Oracle at Delphi, Greece -- The Esalen Institute, Big Sur, California -- THE TEMPLE, THE ARK, AND THE GRAIL: undeniable surprises on the sober trail of Knights Templars, Freemasons, Holy Grail hunters, and Gnostics. The Bååtska Palace, Stockholm -- The Chapel of the Ark, Aksum, Ethiopia -- The Chapel of the Holy Grail, Valencia Cathedral, Spain -- Significant Masonic temples from Rome and Paris to Washington and Pushkin (Russia) -- Gnosticism today -- GOTHIC NIGHTMARE: Himmler's "Black Camelot" and Nazi spiritual center, with side trips to other Germanic esoteric sites -- Wewelsburg Castle, Westphalia, Germany -- The Goetheanum, Dornach, Switzerland -- Bollingen Tower, Lake Zurich, Switzerland -- CITADELS OF CHIVALRY: Remaining outposts of ancient noble and charitable brotherhoods at the service of humanity. The Knights of Malta, Rome -- The Tuscan Order of St. Stephen Pope and Martyr, Pisa -- The Teutonic Order -- GROTTOES AND GROTESQUES: Strange and historic passageways, caverns, and hiding places. The Passetto di Borgo, Rome -- The Magic Door, Rome -- The Grotto of the Beati Paoli, Palermo, Sicily -- Priest holes in England -- MODERN-DAY BOLT-HOLES: Secret government installations, well-oiled for use in time of war or crisis. Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center, Bluemont, Virginia -- The Federal Relocation Arc -- Area 51: the facility that does not exist, Nevada -- RAF Menwith Hill, Yorkshire, England -- ISLANDS OF MYSTERY: Five special island sanctuaries with their unique treasure hoards, inaccessibility, or spiritual significance. Montecristo: The Forbidden Island off the Italian coast -- Easter Island: mysterious graven images -- Isle of Lewis, Scottish Hebrides -- Iona: St. Columba's Scottish Island Sanctuary -- Svalbard: Norway's Arctic Eden -- HOLY OF HOLIES: Places on the trail of a higher reality, ultimate human destiny, and according to some, Apocalypse. Sancta Sanctorum, Rome's Lateran Palace -- The Pauline Chapel, the Vatican's apostolic palace -- The "Prophecies" of St. Malachy -- The monastery of St. Catherine of Sinai, Egypt -- The autonomous monastic republic of Holy Mount Athos, Greece -- The Abbey of Saine-Madeleine du Barroux, France -- The Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey -- Her Majesty's Chapels Royal of the Mohawks, Ontario, Canada -- Counterfactual History: the eternal "what if ...?" -- HIDDEN TOTEMS: Treasured objects or talismans of great antiquity -- The stone of destiny -- The Holy Crown of St. Stephen of Hungary -- The British and Polish crown jewels in Canada -- The Holy Ampoule of the Kings of France -- Joyeuse, the Sword of Charlemagne -- The Holy Lance of St. Longinus: The "Spear of Destiny" -- Oliver Cromwell's head -- (VERY) PRIVATE BANKING: A discreet tour through the great temples of high finance and private wealth management. Rothschild's, London -- Banks that are no more -- The great survivors: Goldman Sachs and the House of Lazard -- The wealth managers, including Coutts & Co., the Queen's bankers -- The Swiss banks: models of discretion -- The German private banks: Oppenheim, Warbug, and others -- A well-connected American house: Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. -- C. Hoar & Co. -- The enduring allure of gold -- UNIVERSITY SECRET SOCIETIES AND DUELING CORPS. Inside the closely guarded doors of fraternities and societies for the future elite. The Apostles of Cambridge and the Bullingdon Club of Oxford -- Princeton's eating clubs -- Harvard's final clubs -- Yale's senior societies: Skull and Bones and its rivals -- The German University "Corps" -- The Mensure -- JOLLY GOOD FELLOWSHIP: The lore, elegance, humor, and eccentricities of the great private clubs of London and the world. London's private clubs: White's: the oldest club; Boodle's, Brooks's, and others of distinction -- Clubs outside London and Europe -- America's private clubs -- Sanctuaries: the enduring tradition
So begins this thrilling guide to the most secretive sites around the globe, from ancient shrines to off-limits military installations, that few travelers have or will ever visit-including many that most of us don't even know about
Gain unprecedented access to such secret places and hidden sanctuaries as
The former chapter-house of Valencia Cathedral in Spain, where it's claimed the Holy Grail is held
Montecristo, the most closely guarded island on earth, where a fabulous treasure waits to be unearthed
Wewelsburg Castle in Westphalia, Germany, the "Satanic Vatican" esoteric headquarters of Heinrich Himmler's murderous SS
Disneyland's Club 33, the officially nonexistent private retreat designed personally by Walt Disney before his death, with a membership waiting list said to be fourteen years long
The cavern of the Beati Paoli, a black-robed and hooded secret society of assassins in Palermo, Sicily
The "Arctic Eden," where the seeds of all the world's varieties of plants are stored as a precaution against ecological disaster
America's legendary university secret societies, whose influence shaped many of the present leaders of the country's society
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